Monthly Archives: September 2015

Okay – now HERE’S a weekend for you!

On Friday Sep 25th, we’re doing one of the now world famous (okay Vancouver famous) “Concerts at Cliff’s”! It’s over on the East side near the PNE at his fabulous condo and it’ll be Curtis and I – Harris&DeBray – doing a show that starts at 8pm. Tickets are $15 and you can buy them from me – just pop me an email and we’ll get it sorted. BYOB, snacks provided, doors at 7. It’s almost sold out so act FAST if you wanna join us – and we truly hope you do!!

On Saturday Sep 26th, we’re playing a new venue in New West called The Fireside Public House doing the second “Chip Hart Presents” concert! It’s at 421 East Columbia Street and it’s not very big so if you wanna come, you need to buy your ticket! Rita Hart is the person to contact – ritahart@shaw.ca We play from 8-11pm and it’s the full band so you gonna be shakin’ your bootys!! Can’t wait to see you!

Then on Sep 27th it’s the “Blues Session Sundays” at Big Rock Urban Eatery in the Olympic Village with Harris&DeBray layin’ it down for you. We’re playing from 6-8:30pm. This is a VERY funky brewpub with a great menu and cool ambience. Come on down and try all the different brews while listening to the blues! 604-708-8311 for reservations.

See? Now THAT’S a weekend of fun and music! Yay! I love my life.

See you at the gigs!
Leslie & the boys

Hey Everyone,

This Friday Sep 18th, the Lesismore trio plays the beautiful Lobby Lounge at The Pinnacle Hotel in North Van from 8-11pm! We love it there and it’d be GREAT to see some of your smiling faces – having friends out always makes it so much better!

This Sunday Sep 20th, I’m Rob Montgomery’s special guest singer at The Biltmore Jam!! Yay! This is gonna be fun! I’m on around 3, singing a few tunes for your enjoyment. Why not pop by?

A few things are coming up that you need to buy tickets for if you’d like to come:

Friday Sep 25th – Harris&DeBray plays a “Concert at Cliff’s” from 8-10pm. Tickets are available from Cliff or myself – you can etransfer the money to either of us to hold your spot. Maximum 30 people – this WILL sell out! $15, BYOB, snacks provided. Cliff lives in the East end near the PNE.

Saturday Sep 26th, Lesismore is playing at The Fireside Lounge in New West as part of the “Chip Hart Presents” concert series! We’re really excited about joining Chip and doing this show! It’s from 8-11pm and tickets are $10. Please contact Rita Hart to get yours. ritahart@shaw.ca

HUGE Halloween Bash at The Columbia with Lesismore Quintet (yes, Steve will be with us!) and Billy Dixon’s Soul Train Express!! Tickets are selling fast so grab yours, put on your best costume (cash prizes for the top three) and come and join us for a very scary night of fun and frolic! You can etransfer the money ($30) to me at leslie@lesismoremusic.com or contact Billy at 604-763-3939. Lesismore WILL be in costume!!

That’s enough for now but there’s WAY more stuff on our website! www.lesismoremusic.com for all the details.

See you at the gigs!
Leslie & the boys

Hey My Lovely Friends!

Hope this finds you all well and looking for some live music!! We have so many things coming up I don’t know where to begin! As Monty Python said, “Begin at the Beginning” so that’s what I’ll do.

This Thursday evening, Sep 10th, we’re playing the wonderful One20 Public House – that’s Harris&DeBray – the duo. We play from 6:30-9:30 and if you haven’t checked this amazing pub out yet, it’s high time you did! Amazing food, great ambience – and us!! Hope to see you there. It’s in North Delta on Scott Road at around 82nd. GREAT place!!

On Friday night, Sep 11th, we’ll be back at The Jericho Tennis Club! This is a private gig so I wouldn’t normally promote it but some of you have asked me to because you’re members so here I am! We play as the quartet from 8-11:30 and it’s gonna be FUN!!!

On Friday, Sep 18th we’ll be in North Vancouver playing the beautiful Pinnacle Hotel from 8-11pm. It’s the trio there so you can expect some retro soul and a bit of blues while you look at the amazing view and enjoy the delish menu items!

On Sunday, Sep 20th, I’ll be Robbie Montgomery’s special guest at the Biltmore Jam starting at 3:30pm. Oh yeah, we’re gonna blow the roof off that place!! 🙂

This just in! On Friday Sep 25th we’re doing another Concert at Cliff’s! That’s right, Harris& DeBray – the little duo that could – is doing another house concert and you know it’ll sell right out cause we can only fit 30 people! Grab your ticket now!! You can etransfer the money to me at leslie@lesismoremusic.com to reserve your spot. Bring your own booze, snacks provided. This is turning out to be one of the most sought-after gigs in Vancouver and we are VERY proud to be doing it again!! Hope to see you there!!

And OMG – another great show the very next night!! We have been asked to be a part of The Chip Hart Presents Concert Series at The Fireside Public House in New West!! Chip Hart played drums with us in Garden Bay and he is absolutely incredible! We are honored to play this show with him. Curtis, Lee and I will join him and play from 8-11pm. Tickets are available through me for only $10 each!! First come, first served.

Finally for this month, on Sunday Sep 27th, Harris&DeBray are doing the Sunday Blues Sessions at Big Rock Urban Eatery at 4th & Alberta (Olympic Village area) from 6-8:30pm. This is a funky brew-pub with a great menu and crazy cool atmosphere. We would LOVE to see you there!!

And then it’s October and the BIG thing, of course, is Halloween. OMIGOD how fun is this going to be??? Lesismore quintet (with Steve Hilliam from Colin James Band on sax just like the boat cruise) playing two sets and then The Billy Dixon Soul Train Express playing the rest of the evening (while I dance my feet off) at The Columbia Theatre in New West!!! And yes, Lesismore WILL be in costume but you’ll have to come to see what that is. All the details are on the poster above but this WILL sell out so grab your tickets soon!!

And that’s all (more than enough) for now!! More gigs are up on our events page.

See you at the gigs!
Leslie & the boys

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My name is Earl – no – not the Dixie Chicks “Earl”, the one they want to kill (wink)

I work at Federico’s Supper Club, and I wanted to send out a great big unsolicited THANK YOU to our manager Brunella for having brought in an amazing quartet of talented performers tonight – Lesismore . You can check them out here

My favourite singer/instrumental group in our city of bountiful talent is Lesismore.

The group consists of Curtis DeBray on guitar and vocals, Lee Oliphant on upright bass and vocals, Nino DiPasquale, on drums and of course, the vivacious Leslie Harris. Lead vocalist, chief motivator, pace-setter, actuator and choirmaster, she has energy to burn!

Lesismore is a band out of British Columbia that pegs its music as blues, funk, roots, and I suppose there are elements of all three here, but this is music that really feels less blues to me, and more like the rock of the 1970s.

Of course there are certain songs that have more directly recognizable feels too. For …